Wagon running-gear



. G. W. LO'EFPLER.

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(NoModeL) WAGON RUNNING GEAR.

No. 469,155. Patented Feb.1'6, 1892.

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G. W. LOEFFLER. WAGON RUNNING GEAR.

No. 469,155. Patented Mb. 16, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV W. LOEFFLER, OF APOPKA, FLORIDA.

WAGON RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,155, dated February 16, 1892.

Application filed November 6, 1891. Serial No. 411,109. (No model.) 1.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAV WV. LOEFFLER, of Apopka, in the county of Orange and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved wagon; and it consists in certain features of construction and novel combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described,and pointed out in the claims.

-In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the running-gear of a wagon embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the front perch connection. Fig. 3 is a detail Fig. 4 is a detail view of the tongue or pole connection. Fig. 5 shows one of the bolsters, its standards, and the spring.

The front axle A, rear axle B, and perchpole (J maybe in general respects of ordinary construction. The standardsD maybe mounted upon the bolster E on the front axle A, as shown in Fig. 2, or directly upon the rear bolster or axle 13, as shown in Fig. 3, and are preferably formed, as shown, with side plates (1, lapped together at their upper portions (1', swelled outward at (P, and separated from d downward a distance equal the width of the bolster or axle to which they are secured, forming an opening to receive the ends of the a spring, said plates being lapped at their lower ends d alongside the bolster or axle and bolted thereto. At a point slightly below the bends d the plates d are connected by cross bolt or shaft F, which serves the double purpose of uniting the plates cland as means for the connection of the body-springs G, which, as shown, are secured at their ends to the opposite standards, preferably by connecting them directly to the bolt F. This connection of the springs is preferred because it enables the easy application and removal of the springs and permits them to be set sufficiently high above the bolster or other standard-support to bring their maximum spring or elasticity into play. The bolster E is connected by the king-bolt H with the front axle.

I shall first describe the tongue or pole connection with the front axle, then the front perch connection, and lastly the rear perchconnection. Hound-bars I are secured to the front axle and project forward therefrom, converging toward their front ends, where they support a socket i. The tongue J hasaplate J secured to. its'under side and projected from its rear end and is also provided with a brace J In practice the tongue is inserted in the sockett and the plate J is inserted under the axle A and secured by the king-bolt, the brace J 2 being extended to the axle A and likewise secured by the kingbolt and the tongue being fastened in the socketvlby means of the hammer or wrench bolt 71, as shown.

In connecting the front end of the perch or coupling pole with the bolster I provide the bolster with a bracket K, having an upright plate 76 lapped along the rear side of the bolster and a plate projected horizontally from the upper side of the plate It, as shown. I 70 also provide a perch-seat frame L, which includes a seat or bed M, open at its upper side and provided at its front end with diverging arms N, secured to the bolster, and also having a brace O secured to the seat or, bed-piece 7 5 at a point about midway the ends of such seat or bed and extended at its front end below 7 the axle A and secured by the king-bolt.

The perch-pole rests near its front end in the seat or'bed and bears at its said front 80 end below the plate 70', as shown. A bolt P serves to secure theperch in the seat, such bolt being preferably arranged near the rear end of the said seat and'made with a handle p at its upper end, so it can be conveniently turned, the bolt being arranged to extend down through the perch and into a threaded opening in the bottom of the seat or bed, although a nut may be turned on the lower end of the said bolt P, if pre ferred. This forms a simple and strong connection for the front end of the perch and also permits the perch to be quickly and easily applied and removed. For a distance from its rear end the perch has a series of perfora- 5 tions or bolt-holes O,which permit the adj ustment of the said perch'in connection with the rear axle. To this rear axle are clipped or otherwise secured the inner and outer hounds Q. g, which converge toward their forward :00 ends, where they connect with a box-loop R, having an opening for the bolt or pin 1', which is inserted through said opening and the bolthole in register therewith. By removing this bolt 1" the rear axle may be adjusted along the perch nearer to or farther from the front axle and secured in any desired adj ustment.

Itis preferred to construct the inner hounds Q integral with a front connecting-plate Q, which forms the bottom of the box-loop R, and to which base-plate Q, the outer hounds q and the top R of the box-loop are bolted, as shown.

By preference the seat M has its side plates integral with the brace-bars N, and is provided at its ends with the U-shaped loops or boxes embracing and secured to the said side plates.

Having thus described my invention, wha I claim as new is- I 1. In a wagon, substantially as described, the combination, with the opposite standards and the support therefor, of the spring extended between and supported at its ends on the standards, substantially as set forth.

2. The combinatiom'in a wagon, substantially as described, of the standards having their side plates separated, forming an openv d downward, forming openings to receive the ends of the spring, the spring inserted at its ends in said openings, and the bolts extended across said opening and arranged to support the ends of the spring and to connect the plates 01, substantially as set forth.

4. In a wagon, substantially as described,

the combination of the front axle, the hounds I, secured rigidly to the front axle and projected forwardly from the same, the socket i,

fixed rigidly to the front ends of such hounds, the tongue J, fitted in the said socket and projecting at its rear end beyond the same, and the plate J, secured to said tongue and projected therefrom and secured to the front axle and rigidly connecting the tongue and axle, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a wagon, substantially as described, the combination of the axle A,'the bolster thereon, the perch-seat frame having a seat perch-seat frame having a seat or bed open at its upper side and provided with arms projected from the said seat or bed and secured at their front ends to the bolster, and the perch seated and secured in said seat or bed and having its front end fitted under the plate It, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. In a wagon, substantially as described, the combination of the bolster and the perchseat frame having a seat or bed formed with side plates and end loops embracing the same and having the braces N extended to and secured to the bolster, said braces N being integral with the side plates of the seat or bed, substantially as set forth. 7

8. In a wagon, the combination, with the rear axle, of the inner and outer hounds Q and g, of metal, arranged to converge toward their front ends, the inner hounds Q being integral with a base-plate Q of a box-loop R, and the perch secured in said box-loop, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a wagon, substantially as described, the combination of. the front axle and its'bolster having plate the seat-frame having arms secured to said bolster, a seat or bed open at its upper side, the rear axle provided GUSTAV \V. LOEFFLER. \Vitnes'ses:

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